Gemini

All the tributaries of the Thames line the streets
In a grand jubilee, weep and cheer
Freshwater tears
You're the shore we are bearing towards
I the tide's charioteer

Lay the remains of your sun-bitten love on the beach
And we'll watch as the gulls pick the bones
And the headlines corrode in a vinegar sea
There is salt in the cone and the cream

Of the 99 flake with the strawberry sauce
Your nostalgic nod to the town before you were born
When the strawberries burst from the ground
And the 99s foamed at the shore

Dreams leave traces on each day's grave faces
Sleep on the cheek of the dawn, and after he's flown
The crow's feet and feathers remain
Little claws on the panes of the soul

And just like a dream I been falling repeatedly
Into and out of your arms
Symmetry torn
The minute before mine started
Your good heart guarded us both

So down by the Thames, on the green bridge's breast
My first day in a blazer and tie
Quiet and shy, ten years old
With a hole in my throat
Calling out for my own gemini